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Strategy games. Victory depends here on player’s strategy and tactics. Main task is to control resources (e.g. troops, civil workers) in order to defeat an enemy or achieve some other goal. The gameplay can be turn-based or in real time (RTS). Specific types of strategy games are economic games and so called ‘tycoons’.

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Ghost Master
Ghost Master

Strategy 23 May 2003

A unique real-time strategy game by studio Sick Puppies. You play as the eponymous Ghost Master, who arrives in the town of Gravenville to terrorize and scare its citizens. The game features 23 kinds of wraiths, ghosts, and other spectral beings. Each of them has psychokinetic energy, unique powers and skills to use against humans, who can be affected by four kinds of stimuli: optical, auditory, olfactory, and thermal.

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Worms: Battle Islands
Worms: Battle Islands

Strategy 23 November 2010

Worms: Battle Islands is a turn-based strategy with cult worms in the lead roles. The game was produced by Team 17 Software studio. The creators remained faithful to the basic rules of the Worms game and the traditional humorous visual setting for the series. Single player campaign is complemented by Puzzle Challange mode and functional multiplayer.

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Jagged Alliance 2.5: Unfinished Business
Jagged Alliance 2.5: Unfinished Business

Strategy 01 December 2000

A stand-alone addition to Jagged Alliance 2 Turn-based tactical game. It offers a completely new campaign in which we will play 20 exciting missions. We can lead the characters imported from the base, or hire new mercenaries. There were also some previously unseen types of armament.

PC

Myth II: Soulblighter
Myth II: Soulblighter

Strategy 30 November 1998

The sequel to Bungie Software's tactical fantasy strategy in which the combined forces of different races faced off against the sinister forces of darkness. The game's background was presented in the form of one of the participants' diaries, making the whole story understandable for those who have not had to deal with the original.

PC

Space Empires: Starfury
Space Empires: Starfury

Strategy 05 October 2003

Space turn-based strategy based on the famous system known from Space Empires IV, in which, unlike the previous parts, we focus on the history of one ship.

PC

Metal Gear Acid 2
Metal Gear Acid 2

Strategy 21 March 2006

Official continuation of the innovative turn-based strategy known from the Konami series. Metal Gear Acid 2 develops the ideas presented in the first part. The game also offers an interesting, comic-style graphic design.

PSP

Centurion: Defender of Rome
Centurion: Defender of Rome

Strategy 20 May 1990

The player will play the role of the commander of the Roman legions, whose task is to conquer the whole world (Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa), using both diplomacy and force.

PC

The Boss: La Cosa Nostra
The Boss: La Cosa Nostra

Strategy 17 May 2004

The Boss: La Cosa Nostra is a game combining RTS and simulation. The player will have the opportunity to participate in dark events in the life of the mafia in the United States.

PC

Battleground 3: Waterloo
Battleground 3: Waterloo

Strategy 13 June 1996

The third installment of the Battleground series is a faithful recreation of the events that took place during the last battle of the Napoleonic War at Waterloo. Bonaparte's army fought with the allied forces of Prince Wellington and Marshal Blücher, suffering a shameful defeat.

PC

Master of Magic (1994)
Master of Magic (1994)

Strategy 01 January 1994

Master of Magic is another strategy game by MicroProse, which at first glance evokes the right associations with the legendary Civilization of Sida Meier. This time the authors served us a journey to a fantastic world, in which two different lands await conquering: Myrror and Arcanus.

PC

UFO: Aftershock
UFO: Aftershock

Strategy 21 October 2005

A continuation of UFO: Aftermath from 2003, a game based on the mechanics of the cult-classic 90’s game from Microprose. The plot of the game takes place in 2054 – 50 years after the catastrophe that changed the Earth’s surface into an inhospitable area. When a conflict between the decimated society and the corrupted authorities has led to the destruction of the last safe colony, the humanity has been forced to return to the ravaged Earth, and re-take it piece by piece from Alien hands.

PC

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

Strategy 10 February 1999

Colonizing an alien planet, defeating its indigenous peoples and other contenders for power is a challenge for player Alpha Centauri, another game of legendary Sida Meier.

PC

The Outforce
The Outforce

Strategy 04 October 2000

After the destruction of the Earth by the asteroid remnants of humanity are struggling to survive with the two races inhabited by the Epsilon Eridani system, which is the last hope of the Earth's new home.

PC

Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps
Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps

Strategy 28 November 2003

The third part of the already famous Combat Mission series, set in the realities of World War II. Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps allows players to participate in battles in North Africa, Italy, Sicily and Crete for five years from 1940 to 1945.

PC

Krush Kill 'N Destroy 2: Krossfire
Krush Kill 'N Destroy 2: Krossfire

Strategy 03 March 1998

The second part of the real-time strategy - Krush Kill 'N Destroy tells a story that takes place 100 years after the nuclear conflict of 2079 and 40 years after the first "Survivors" left their underground bunkers to stand face to face with the race of "Mutants".

PC

Kingdom Under Fire
Kingdom Under Fire

Strategy 15 January 2001

Kingdom Under Fire is an interesting combination of typical RTS and cRPG games. The forces of good and evil meet again, it is up to you to decide which side you want to take. Each of the parties to the conflict received its own, long for 30 missions campaigns. There was also a multiplayer mode.

PC

Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam
Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam

Strategy 20 November 2002

Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry Division in Vietnam is a tactical real-time strategy produced by Digital Reality. The player takes on the role of a soldier of the title unit of the United States army and commands small troops in various military operations. Success in the performance of particular tasks depends on the ability to use the strengths of your own soldiers and the weaknesses of the opponents.

PC

Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania
Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania

Strategy 22 October 2002

Tycoon Zoo: Marine Mania is the second official extension to Tycoon Zoo's economic strategy. This time, developers from Blue Fang Games studio decided to allow players to build a virtual oceanarium. The supplement introduces, among others, 20 species of marine animals, 21 types of underwater organisms and plants and five toys useful for demonstrations with dolphins.

PC

East India Company
East India Company

Strategy 28 July 2009

Developed by the Finnish studio Nitro Games, the turn-based strategy game combines an extensive economic layer with elements of typical naval strategies. The action of the title takes place in the 18th century and the players become the leader of one of eight nations to lead it to domination on the sea routes of Europe, Africa and South-East Asia. The gameplay itself is two-track.

PC

Europa Universalis II
Europa Universalis II

Strategy 20 November 2001

A sequel to the extensive real-time strategy game by Paradox Interactive that lets us lead the development of the biggest European superpowers throughout hundreds of years. Europa Universalis II is much bigger and spans across not three but four hundred years of global history (1419-1820). Contrary to its predecessor, the sequel lets us lead one of 180 actual countries, including such ones as the Chinese Empire or African tribes.

PC

Maelstrom (2007)
Maelstrom (2007)

Strategy 09 February 2007

Maelstrom is another real-time strategy game developed in the K-D software studio under the watchful eye of Codemasters. The first joint project of both entities was RTS entitled Perimeter.

PC

Age of Empires: The Age of Kings
Age of Empires: The Age of Kings

Strategy 14 February 2006

Turn-based strategy game developed by Digital Eclipse for the Nintendo DS console. Players lead one of five nations (Britons, Franks, Saracens, Mongols and Japanese) to victory in unique campaigns. Gameplay focuses on gathering resources, researching new technologies and forming powerful armies. We can choose from 45 various units, as well as heroes like Richard the Lionheart, Saladin and even Robin Hood.

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Elven Legacy
Elven Legacy

Strategy 21 December 2007

A fantasy turn-based strategy game by Ino-Co and a sequel to Fantasy Wars. Elven Legacy is set in the same world as its predecessor — the world, in which elves are trying to restore the former glory of their race. However, someone is trying to gain access to an ancient magic, their Great Tree, which grants the ability of reincarnation.

PC

War in the Pacific: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945
War in the Pacific: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-1945

Strategy 09 July 2004

A World War II turn-based strategy game created by 2BY3 Games. War in the Pacific: The Struggle Against Japan 1941-45 revolves around the war between United States and Japan over the Pacific Ocean area. The game reuses Uncommon Valor engine, which powered the previous game of the studio, but the new installment is much more complicated, expanding available military operations beyond sea battles and including also land and air combat.

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